Archive for August, 2013

Man and dog found with gunshot wounds on Sydney roadside

Updated August 31, 2013 22:37:40 A man and a dog have been shot while out walking in Sydney’s inner-west. Police say the man was found alongside the Princes Highway at Tempe on Saturday afternoon with a gunshot wound to his leg. The 36-year-old and his dog were shot at around 5:00pm, police said. He was […]

AL QAEDA To Act As ‘BOOTS ON THE GROUND’ Following US MILITARY STRIKES On SYRIA

0 0 (Reuters) – Opposition fighters across Syria are preparing to launch attacks that exploit anticipated U.S.-led military strikes, but there are no plans to coordinate with Western forces, a Syrian rebel commander said on Saturday.   The United States said on Friday it was planning a limited response to punish Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for a […]

**ALERT** SYRIA EXPECTING MILITARY STRIKE … ‘AT ANY MOMENT’

0 0 Syria is expecting a military strike “at any moment,” a security official said on Saturday, only hours after U.N. inspectors left the country after investigating the aftermath of suspected chemical weapons attacks said to be perpetrated by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime.   “We are expecting an attack at any moment. We are […]

2 WOMEN GANG RAPED By Group Of 10-12 KIDS IN PUBLIC

+1 0 WILMINGTON, Del. (CBS) — Neighbors near Kosciuszko Park in Wilmington expressed anger and outrage Friday, after learning the details of a brutal gang-rape that happened in the park Thursday.   Police say two women, ages 32 and 24, were reportedly attacked and sexually assaulted by a group of 10 to 12 black male juveniles […]

**ALERT** US SENDS YET ANOTHER WARSHIP To SYRIAN CONFLICT As OBAMA’s D-DAY Enters 8th Hour

0 0 WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A sixth U.S. warship is now operating in the eastern Mediterranean, near five U.S. destroyers armed with cruise missiles that could soon be directed against Syria as part of a “limited, precise” strike, defense officials said late on Friday.   They stressed that the USS San Antonio, an amphibious ship […]

SAUDIA ARABIAN AMBASSADOR THREATENS RUSSIA: We Will Have AL QAEDA ATTACK OLYMPICS If You Don’t Back Down [W/ VIDEOS]

0 0   Details of secret talks between Putin, Saudi prince leaked; Intel head admits to controlling Chechen jihadists in Syria Steve Watson Prisonplanet.com Aug 27, 2013   Saudi intelligence has issued a tacit threat to have terrorist attacks carried out in Russia at the Winter Olympics in February 2014, should the state continue to […]

Saudis arrest suspects linked to Al Qaida plot against Western embassies

Special to WorldTribune.com ABU DHABI — Saudi Arabia has linked the arrest of two suspected insurgents to an Al Qaida plot against Western embassies in the Gulf. Officials said two Muslims arrested in July were determined to have planned suicide strikes on Western embassies and other interests in the Gulf. The U.S. Embassy in the […]

Obama’s war: How does striking Syria on behalf of Al Qaida boost U.S. interests?

Jeffrey T. Kuhner U.S. military intervention in Syria would be immoral, illegal and treasonous. It would benefit our mortal enemy, Al Qaida, and possibly trigger a wider Mideast war. President Obama is playing with fire. He is dangerously putting his ego above the national interest. Bombing Syria threatens to leave his presidency in tatters. In […]

One thing Obama is good at is changing the subject

Special to WorldTribune.com By Grace Vuoto President Barack Obama has been embroiled in multiple, crippling scandals since the start of his second term. Consider: Benghazi, snooping on Associated Press reporters, the Justice Department’s surveillance of Fox News reporter James Rosen, IRS abuses, investigation into the death of Navy SEAL Team Six, the implosion of Obamacare […]

N. Korea’s moves towards Seoul seen motivated by cash crunch

Special to WorldTribune.com By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com SEOUL — North Korea’s move towards easing military tensions with wealthy South Korea is prompted by the lack of hard currency critical to Kim Jong-Un’s grip on power, officials and sources here said. North Korean workers at the South-owned Shinwon clothes company at the Kaesong Industrial Complex. /Lee Jae-Won/Reuters The […]

Meeting Reagan in Hungary, now the nexus of commerce in Central Europe

John J. Metzler BUDAPEST — I chanced upon Ronald Reagan walking towards Freedom Square here in Budapest. Actually his bronze statue, set in a brisk stride, larger than life, and facing a Soviet war memorial, sums up so many of the political emotions, poignant memories, and ghosts which still swirl round the Hungarian capital even […]

UN rights chief concerned Sri Lanka ‘increasingly authoritarian’

Updated August 31, 2013 21:31:30 Photo: Civilians escaping an area controlled by Tamil Tigers toward the end of the Sri Lankan civil war in 2009. (Sri Lanka Defence Ministry: AFP) The United Nations Human Rights Commissioner, Navy Pillay, says she fears that Sri Lanka is heading in an increasingly authoritarian direction. Ms Pillay was speaking […]

Foreign Minister Bob Carr says international response on Syria is warranted

Updated August 31, 2013 23:59:04 Photo: Syrian soldier are reportedly readying for a military strike from the West. (AFP: Sam Skaine) Russian president Vladimir Putin says it is “utter nonsense” to suggest the Syrian government would use chemical weapons. The US has laid out a raft of evidence that it says shows Syrian president Bashar […]

Kevin Rudd gets a hug at Darwin markets

Updated August 31, 2013 14:48:50 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd receives a hug as he visits Parap Markets in Darwin on August 31, 2013. Topics: federal-elections, elections, government-and-politics, darwin-0800, nt, australia Source Article from http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-31/kevin-rudd-gets-a-hug-at-darwin-markets/4926876 Views: 0

Tony Abbott visits a trucking company in Rockhampton

Posted August 31, 2013 14:32:48 Opposition Leader Tony Abbott visits Rocky’s Own Transport in Rockhampton on August 31, 2013. Topics: federal-elections, elections, government-and-politics, rockhampton-4700, qld, australia Source Article from http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-31/tony-abbott-visiting-trucking-company-in-rockhampton/4926874 Views: 0

Clive Palmer in Perth

Posted August 31, 2013 13:57:46 Clive Palmer says WA is not getting its fair share of GST revenue. Topics: government-and-politics, perth-6000 Source Article from http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-31/clive-in-perth/4926864 Views: 0

Microsoft opens door for ValueAct to join its board

Microsoft and San Francisco-based investment firm ValueAct Group signed a pact on August 30 that opens the door for ValueAct President Mason Morfit join Microsoft’s board of directors. ValueAct had been rumored to be lobbying to join Microsoft’s board for the past few months. Some said ValueAct officials wanted to […]

Experts assess extent of NZ software patent ban

Intellectual property experts and pundits have been poring over a New Zealand law passed this week that largely banned patent protection for software, trying to define how it will work in practice. New Zealand’s new patent law will require bedding in On Wednesday NZ time, shortly after the law was passed […]

New energy rating system for data centres

The Australian Government is mulling the release a new national energy rating system aimed at providing clearer consumer advice on the energy efficiency of data centres. The system, the National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS), is adopted from the building industry and use a six star rating system, similar […]

Cloud service provider code will remain voluntary: Fed Govt

The Federal Government has moved to assure cloud service providers that a new voluntary consumer protection code being developed is not a precursor to mandatory industry regulation. Speaking in caretaker capacity at an Australian Computer Society (ACS) event to debate aspects of the new Cloud Computing Consumer Protocol, Keith Besgrove, […]

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